The WordPress security team has taken a rare step last week and used a lesser-known internal capability to forcibly push a security update for a popular plugin. While robust passwords help you secure ...

The Quick Page/Post Redirect plugin, installed on more than 70,000 WordPress sites, had a backdoor added five years ago that ...

WordPress announced a major clampdown to protect its theme and plugin ecosystem from password insecurity. These improvements follow a flurry of attacks in June that compromised multiple plugins at the ...

Patchstack, a leader in WordPress security and threat intelligence, has released a whitepaper to present the state of WordPress security in 2021, and the report paints a dire picture. More ...

More than 30 WordPress plugins were shut down after a supply-chain backdoor compromised thousands of sites through the Essential Plugin portfolio.

It's an interesting paradox. WordPress powers 35 percent of all websites on the Internet, in part because it's so flexible and modular. It has a robust library of more than 50,000 plugins, each adding ...

WordPress announced a proposal to take a more proactive approach toward third party plugins in order to improve security and site performance. What is being discussed is a plugin checker that will ...

WordPress plugin Comments – wpDiscuz, which is installed on over 70,000 sites, has issued a patch. Researchers are warning of a critical vulnerability in a WordPress plugin called Comments – wpDiscuz, ...

WordPress security should be a concern for every WordPress user. Here are 7 security plugins that Wordpress users have rated the highest. WordPress security has become a topic of huge importance for ...